Adam Harvey unveils a beautiful new song inspired by his Dads time on a reef fishing charter boat in the Whitsundays. Sadly, Adam's Father Les passed away a few years back and Adam's song "Lindeman Again" paints an idyllic picture of his time at sea and the day he met the love of his life.

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The Big Fish Adam Harvey with a tribute to his fishing Dad

Our first cast this morning takes you to the Snowy Mountains for the opening of the trout season and we also hear the story of The Incredible Claw, a mud crab with one arm, who is the hero of a new children's book series.

The Big Fish, trout season opens and The Incredible Claw

Michael Guest has just developed a new soft vibe style prawn lure, because, as he says, "everything eats prawns." We will put it to the test on Lake Macquarie in our first cast on The Big Fish.

The Big Fish, "everything eats prawns"

First cast this episode of The Big Fish is with avid angler Jo Starling who shares exciting news about the formation of the Women's Recreational Fishing League.

The Big Fish and the Women's Recreational Fishing League

Our first cast is with NSW Fisheries Management Officers Trent Alexander and Clay Hilbert on the Research Angler Program and fish tagging and using citizen science to understand and preserve our fish stocks.

The Big Fish, Research Angler Program and tagging

Chris Franklin is a Central Coast school teacher who loves using fishing to engage his students. Chris has also embraced the NSW Fisheries Research Angler Program and has been able to further our knowledge of the fish he loves by tagging and sampling his catch.

The Big Fish and the research angler

Weekly fishing news, events and tips etc from a NSW perspective.

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3 mackerel or tailor fillets smoked 100g cream cheese 150g crème fraiche ¼ cup horseradish Finely chopped dill Lemon juice.   Keep half of one fillet aside – place all other ingredients in food processor and blend til smooth. Stir thru crumbled remaining fillet   Serve on dark rye or crackers w sliced gherkin  

The Big Fish, Simon Marnie's smoked mackerel dip

If you are one of the millions of fishers locked down in NSW you will hear about some great fishing craft ideas from our Sydney gurus Peter Le Blang and Craig McGill. Peter shares his amazing metal working skills in crafting a high quality fishing knife from scratch and Craig takes us through the D.I.Y. fun of Luderick angling.

The Big Fish, lockdown fishing craft

First cast this episode of The Big Fish Treno shares the secret ingredients in his sure fire Drummer burley.

The Big Fish, Treno shares his secret Drummer burley recipe

Those sport Gurus Roy and HG have launched a campaign to have fishing, fly and conventional tackle casting, for distance and accuracy, included for the Brisbane Olympics in 2032. (Pictured Roy bragging to HG about the size of the prized 2 headed carp he caught near Fukushima.)

The Big Fish, Roy and HG fight for fishing at the 2032 Brisbane games

On the Big Fish this week we take you to Lake Macquarie to look at some great angler initiated conservation work enhancing habitat and fish stocks.

The Big Fish Lake Macquarie flathead and posidonia

This week we hit the Camden Haven River with Col Treneman for a bream session on the Cranka Crabs. Treno also shares his estuary luderick secrets, live on the water, with four different types of weed on board, including his homegrown stuff! Stinker talks about snapper season and Tally joins us with his sure fire Australian Salmon 8 hour smoking recipe.

The Big Fish 8 hour smoked Australian Salmon

First cast on The Big Fish Steve Samuels from the Monaro Acclimatisation Society has found an ally in the Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley.

The Big Fish Environment Minister takes aim at High Country Horses

King George Whiting up to 80cm in length have invaded the waters of Northern Tasmania and we take you out on the Tamar River to hunt for theses tasty giants.

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